it s absolutely fabulous for joanna lumley, who is made a dame. whilst the outgoing james bond, daniel craig, is made a cmg. in sport, husband and wife jason and laura kenny are made a knight and a dame for services to cycling. the president of south africa pays tribute to desmond tutu as the spiritual father of our new nation , and the archbishop s daughter speaks movingly at his funeral. we say thank you, daddy, for the many ways you showed as love, for the many times you challenged us, for the many times you comforted us. hello, good evening. a senior health official has warned that the next few days are crucial in the battle against the omicron variant of coronavirus. chris hopson, the chief executive of nhs providers, which represents health trusts, says the government must be ready to introduce new restrictions. ..if they re needed. latest figures show hospital admissions in england, have risen to their highest level since january last year. the health secretary, s
support the ban, is that the position at that stage? two days later nicola sturgeon and others made that decision. is there is not an example a decision that ought to have been made in cabinet? i am an example a decision that ought to have been made in cabinet?- an example a decision that ought to have been made in cabinet? i am in a difficult position have been made in cabinet? i am in a difficult position to have been made in cabinet? i am in a difficult position to answer difficult position to answer questions in detail about this particular moment because on the 11th of particular moment because on the 11th of march i was called away from parliament 11th of march i was called away from parliament because my weather s health parliament because my weather s health deteriorated and, unfortunately, she died in the morning unfortunately, she died in the morning the 12th of march so i was not in morning the 12th of march so i was not in close morning the 12th o
benjamin netanyahu says, yesterday we experienced one of our most difficult days since the war erupted. he goes on to say. in the name of our heroes, for the sake of our lives, we will not stop fighting until absolute victory. that s despite increasing pressure internationally and from within israel for the fighting to stop to secure the release of the remaining 130 hostages held by hamas and allow in more humanitarian aid to gaza. the israeli military says it s killed dozens of terrorists in gaza in the past 2a hours. this video from the israel defense forces video showing strikes on hamas targets. this is the scene looking across at gaza from southern israel. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says at least 195 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours, taking the total killed since the seventh october to 25,490. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has more from jerusalem. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has more from jerusalem. these wer
cameron fall short of the australian open but takes plenty of positives fourth round defeat. good evening. storm isha has wreaked havoc across the uk, leaving two people dead in scotland and northern ireland, while thousands of homes are still without power. there were gusts of up to 99mph, disrupting the journeys of many road, rail and air travellers. storm isha has now left the uk, but another storm, jocelyn, is on the way. we ll be hearing about isha s impact on different parts of the uk from our reporters in north lanarkshire and in cumbria, but first, with the latest from belfast, sara girvin has this report. storm isha battered northern ireland with winds reaching 80mph, bringing tragic consequences. a motorist in his 60s died after his vehicle collided with a fallen tree in limavady county, londonderry this evening. 17,000 people in northern ireland are still without electricity. at the peak of the storm, 53,000 homes had no power. in the republic of ireland, 155,000 r